Community News
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Harcourt Holden helps Variety Club
A local 1967 Holden, Car Number 3453 (Harcourt’s postcode), recently journeyed through the Great Australian Outback, successfully raising $7045 for the Variety Club Charity. Gary Jamieson and Cliff Owen (aka The Blacksmiths) travelled in a 58-year-old Holden, which was prepared specifically for the 4800km trek, which largely consisted of dirt roads and tracks. After a…
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Fostering connections
With a growing need for foster carers and a diverse group of children needing care, there has never been a better time for people from all walks of life to become carers. During Foster Care Week (September 14-20) the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare and Victoria’s state-wide foster care recruitment service, Fostering…
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Turning compassion into action
Kyneton is once again showing the power of community, as it prepares to welcome a refugee family from overseas. Friends of Refugees Kyneton is a dedicated volunteer group partnering with Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia to support this family as they begin a new chapter — one of safety, dignity and hope — right here in…
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Golden win for Pollen
Pollen Kyneton has won Best Dressed Window for their Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival display. The winning window featured an eye-catching yellow gold garden scene that has brought plenty of cheer to onlookers. Taking second prize was Kyneton Shoes and Accessories and third was Hunters Motors and Mowers. Midland Express judges Kerrie Gleeson and Lynda…
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Winter show a triumph!
Trentham’s Little Gallery Winter Fundraising Show achieved new heights by having one of their biggest shows ever in the 14 years they have been open. With record sales, the gallery made a substantial donation to the Central Highlands Health ‘Treehouse Program’ in Trentham. The quality of the artwork in the group show featuring 16 local…
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‘Shifting Perspectives’ at Harcourt Valley
Students at Harcourt Valley Primary School are exited to have had the opportunity to work on a unique arts project thanks to the support of a Creative Learning Partnerships grant through Creative Victoria. Over the past eight weeks two groups of grade four students have been working on an engaging and evolving arts project titled…
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The road to Kyneton
Historian and author Professor Janet McCalman AC, will be the guest speaker at Kyneton U3A this Friday, September 19. Janet McCalman is known for her award-winning books – Struggletown, Journeyings and Sex and Suffering. For more than 20 years, she taught and researched interdisciplinary history at the University of Melbourne. In 2018 she was made…
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Bokashi – brilliant, or bit of a bother?
Do you know that feeling, everyone is talking about some ‘amazing’ thing, and you are left wondering “am I missing something here?”. That’s me and bokashi. Bokashi is a system for processing kitchen scraps that is presented as a convenient, odour-free alternative to composting or worm farming. We need a bokashi bucket – with a…
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Old school site to open doors
There’s a chance to view the revamped Old Kyneton Primary School during a special Community Open Day. The site will be open to visitors on Sunday, September 14, as part of the final day of festivities for the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. “The festival is a highlight of our annual calendar, and it provides…
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Trentham on top
Trentham has been officially named Australia’s Top Tiny Tourism Town at the Australian Top Tourism Town Awards. The Hepburn town claimed the title up against some formidable competition, including Robe (SA), Kalbarri (WA), Huskisson (NSW), Stanley (Tas) and Town of 1770 (Qld). This national award comes after winning the 2025 Victoria Top Tourism Town in…
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Measuring our compost ingredients
When we first learn to cook, a recipe is our lifeboat, and we follow it to the letter. As we begin to trust our intuition, we need the recipe less and less, substituting an ingredient here, estimating a measure there, cooking more by feel than by the absolutes of cups or grams. Even when we…
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Barry’s bus fulfills final wish
Barry Lacey was one of those indescribably special people who leaves a mark on you. In the last few months of his life, Barry gave one last gift to those left behind – a transport bus for the aged care residents at Dhelkaya Health. Barry and his wife, Jenny, relocated from Melbourne to Newstead in…